Good evening @deboo, I can sense your frustration and disappointment. And I am so sorry that the MUA did not work well for you. When you write that your knee is swollen and I am assuming painful then it is time to take another look at your options.

Perhaps I can offer a couple more of those options. First......the scar tissue that has formed may be the culprit here. If so, I know of one way to remove it and that is MFR, myofascial release therapy. That is the only way I found relief from the scar tissue with my first TKR. I just had my second one last August and immediately began PT and MFR the day after surgery. The result was no scar tissue.

Please respond if you would like more information. In the meantime, you may want to try a Yoga pose called "legs up the wall". You can Google it or look on youtube. The goal is to release the scar tissue so that the swelling declines and the MFR therapist can move the fluid material up your thigh into your pelvic area so that it evacuates when you urinate.

I will watch for your reply to @colleenyoung about physical therapy. Is there anything else you can share about your post-surgery exercise program?

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris

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